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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Personnel > Physicians > Surgeons > Orthopedic Surgeons
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Preferred term

Orthopedic Surgeons  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Orthopedist
  • Orthopedists

Scope note

  • Physicians specializing in medical, surgical, and physical methods used to treat and correct deformities, diseases, and injuries to the skeletal system, its articulations, and associated structures.

History note

  • 2017

In other languages

  • ortopedit

    Finnish

  • tuki- ja liikuntaelinten kirurgiaan erikoistuneet lääkärit
  • tuki- ja liikuntaelinten sairauksien kirurgian erikoislääkärit
  • tuki- ja liikuntaelinten sairauksien kirurgisen hoidon erikoislääkärit
  • Ortopeder

    Swedish

  • Ortopediska kirurger

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000072161

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